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PERTH, Dec 18 AAP

December 18 2012, 1:10PM

Australian stocks are pushing higher as progress in the United States fiscal cliff negotiations led to gains on US markets.

At 1250 AEDT on Tuesday the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 33.8 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 4,606.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 31 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 4,620.1 points.

On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was 38 points higher at 4,611 points, with 76,461 contracts traded.